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If players needed any more excuses to play Civilization V, they now have another one. The franchise’s latest entry is getting an expansion pack called Gods & Kings. This addition will offer nine new civilizations that include the Carthaginians, the Maya, the Dutch and the Celtics. Those civilizations bring in 27 new units and finishing off the package is nine new Wonders of the World.

But the big number to pay attention to is two. That’s for the two new concepts being brought back to the series. Lead programmer for Gods & Kings Ed Beach said that the team wanted to pull elements from Civ III and Civ IV and work it into the game.

I checked out The Atheon, the new installation by conceptual artist Jonathan Keats, yesterday in Berkeley by the Berkeley Public Library. You know, the art piece that has been blogged about on Boing Boing, Wired, and Discover Magazine. Pretty impressive stuff, huh?

Here’s a photo of the art piece:

Oh, you can’t see anything but windows? Let me give you a closer look.